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Promising Young Californian Surfer Suffers Life-Threatening Head Injury Whilst Snowboarding

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A young up-and-coming Laguna Beach, CA surfer who was moving up the competitive ranks at amateur surf contests is in a medically induced coma after suffering a near-fatal head injury while snowboarding in Oregon, reports ocregister.com. Brayden Belden’s snowboarding accident happened on Feb. 20, and he was airlifted from the mountain to a hospital in nearby Bend. Doctors hurried to stabilize […]
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Bend, Oregon = Highest Brewery per Capita in USA + 463” of Snowfall per Year

“Among cities in beer-crazy Oregon, Bend now has the most craft breweries per capita. Some locals have started calling this ‘Beer City USA.’ More breweries are opening soon.” – Seattle Times Bend, Oregon has 17 breweries, one great ski resort (Mt. Bachelor), & a population of 80,000. That’s a brewery for every 4,205 humans in Bend. According the the Seattle Times quote above, this gives bend the highest micro-brewery per capita in the nation and the title of ‘Beer City USA.’ This makes Bend an extremely attractive place to visit for all of us snow/beer freaks out there. It doesn’t hurt that Mt. Bachelor averages 463” of snow each winter, either… […]
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John Spriggs Arrested in Bend, Oregon for Burglary and Assault

Early yesterday morning, Bend police department were dispatched to a domestic disturbance call in an apartment complex on Northwest Riverside Boulevard. The report came from a neighbor who heard a physical altercation occurring in the nearby apartment and upon the arrival of the police they found that there had indeed been a quarrel. The suspect, John Spriggs, was an invited guest to the […]
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21″ of Snow Forecast for Mt. Bachelor Next 3 Days | Bachelor Has the Most Snow in the PNW

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Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Oregon has already gotten 101″ of snow at mid-mountain this winter. They have gotten more snow than anywhere in the Pacific Northwest this winter. Not bad. NOAA is currently forecasting Bachelor to get 21″ of snow in the next 3 days. This storm should give Bachelor enough snow to get their legendary Northwest chair open for the season. The Northwest chair is where you wanna be at Bachelor on a powder day. The Summit chair […]
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Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge @ Mt. Bachelor, OR This Saturday:

Mt. Bachelor ski resort in Bend, OR is hosting their 4th annual Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge. Just in case you didn’t know, Gerry Lopez is also known as Mr. Pipeline. Yeah, he’s the guy that first mastered the nastiest, most gorgeous barrel wave in the world. He’s also been a potent innovator in the surf industry as far as surfboard design, style, and attitude is concerned. You can think of him as […]
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